Opening the planetarium

The stars have aligned, the moment is ripe and the Perpetual Guardian Planetarium opens to the public this weekend! It's been a long and sometimes hectic journey, but we're incredibly proud to finally welcome visitors.

To celebrate the opening, we've got a weekend of events and activities, almost all of them free. Drop by the Otago Museum on Saturday 5 December to:

meet a NASA astronaut (1pm–2pm)

fool your friends into thinking you took a quick side trip to Mars with our out-of-this-world selfie backdrops

build and launch a rocket, weather permitting

learn how to sun-gaze without going blind (only with the guidance of the Dunedin Astronomical Society)